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Source: DW
A new study shows that almost 90% of people worldwide are biased against women and around half perceive men to make better leaders. And nearly 30% of people think it's justified for a husband to beat his wife.
Women around the world still suffer from widespread gender bias, according to a newly-published report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The study measures how people's social beliefs inhibit gender equality in areas including education, politics and the work force. It contains data from 75 countries, covering over 80% of the world's population.
Pedro Conceicao, director of the Human Development Report Office at UNDP, said that while progress has been made in giving women the same access to basic needs as men in education and health, gender gaps remain in areas "that challenge power relations and are most influential in actually achieving true equality."...
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Globally women hold only 24% of parliamentary seats and they make up less than 6% of chief executives in S&P 500 companies, the study showed.
Jordan, Qatar, Nigeria, Pakistan and Zimbabwe are countries with the highest numbers of bias against gender equality. Countries with the lowest levels of gender bias are Andorra, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.